Living the dream ‘Help me, I’m poor…’ The iconic plane scene from Bridesmaids always flashes into my mind when I’m booking a flight and looking at the prices of different seats. Obviously, I always end up going for an economy ticket, and simply hope that a flight attendant will take pity on me and I’ll somehow wrangle an upgrade to business or first class. It’s not happened yet.
’ Fly from the UK to Chicago via Dublin with Aer Lingus and go through US Customs and Immigration pre-clearance in Ireland. Aer Lingus offers up to 14 weekly flights to Chicago, with economy fares starting from £229 return and Business Class from £1179 return. But if you really want to get some bang for your book, you’ll want to book All Nippon Airways , Japan’s largest airline, which topped the list.